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The narrative seems to be some kind of confession of a crime. But the meandering narrative weaves in a number of related and interrelated threads: the relationship of the narrator with the family that owns and manages the cottages-the dotty parents, the very strange adult son and the daughter who ties the narrator inextricably and tragically to this family and this place, the nature of the working relationship of the narrator with the worker w...

The successful use of plant biomass for the sustainable production of energy and co-products such as chemicals is critically important for the future of humanity. Large scale exploitation of biomass is needed to decrease the production of greenhouse gases and help mitigate global warming, to provide energy security in the face of declining petroleum reserves, to improve balance of payment imbalances, and to spur local economic development. Thi...

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. Forests are shrinking, fisheries are collapsing, and species are disappearing around the globe. Drawing upon the biological sciences, the conservation community has responded to this crisis by investing billions of dollars in programs designed to protect endangered species and ecosystems.

Questo volume è l'esito di un percorso di ricerca condiviso tra soggetti diversi - Aggiornamenti Sociali, Caritas, Fondazione Culturale San Fedele, Fondazione Lanza, Popoli, We World - animati dalla volontà di riflettere sul fondamentale ruolo che l'alimentazione può svolgere per la costruzione di una società più giusta e sostenibile. A guidare la stesura dei diversi contributi sul tema del cibo, osservato nelle sue molteplici dimensioni, sono...

Sawdust Footprints is set in midwinter in an orchard in the northeast U.S. during the1980s. Lester Maleau is a worker in the orchard. His life seems to be at a hopelessly low ebb. Over the course of three days of work, through attentiveness to his work, through interaction with his co-workers, he's reminded of his humanity

The successful use of plant biomass for the sustainable production of energy and co-products such as chemicals is critically important for the future of humanity. Large scale exploitation of biomass is needed to decrease the production of greenhouse gases and help mitigate global warming, to provide energy security in the face of declining petroleum reserves, to improve balance of payment imbalances, and to spur local economic development. Thi...